Improvement in horse-rakes



L. SIv DEMING Herse Rakel Patented Jany' 18 1859.

UNITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

LEVI S. DEMING, 0F NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT.

-IIVIPROVENI ENT IN HORSE-RAKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. @2.632, dated January 18, 1859.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI S. DEMING, of Newington, county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse-Rakes; and I do hereby declare that the same is described and represented in the following speeileation and drawing.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation, ref'errin g to the drawing, in which the same letters indicate like parts.

The nature of this improvement consists in arranging the several parts of the machine so that one set of teeth will gather and drop suecessively by an easy operation of the foot or hand.

In the accompanying drawing, A is the shaft, axle, or head ofthe rake, having a wheel upon each end thereof, and for which the common one horse wagon wheels may be used, thus saving the expense of purchasing wheels with the machine, unless it should be desirable. The thills usually are placed underneath the grooves c in the shaft A, and the shaft secured thereto by a strap or box overlapping, forming bearings for said shaft to turn in. I propose sometimes to make the shaft or axle of iron, and arranging thereon flanges provided with set-screws, and made of such shape as to accommodate themselves to the shape and action of the ngers, being thereby enabled to place the fingers at a greater or less distance apart, and also increase or diminish the nurnher ofthe fingers.

v B are the lingers. The end which is secured to the shaft is bent at right angles, and is then bent into a circle, more or less, as may be desired, to give the required elasticity to the fingers. After the lingers are `thus formed the end prepared is put into a hole in the shaft or fiange, and so fitted and secured as not to allow ofa sidewise motion by means ot'astrip of wood, E, or set-screws to hold them in place, and having bearers e, suitably constructed, to give su port and additional elasticity to the fingers.

F is a cam or notch wheel secured to the rake-shaft or axle. l

G s a lever which holds the rake from revolving.

h is a spring or weight on the opposite end of the lever, employed to keep the lever in place, and is detached at will by the motion or action of the foot or hand, when desirable.

Thus it will be seen that a person may seat himself upon the rake seat and drive faster or slower, according to the condition of the ground. Its cheapness, simplicity, and the rapidity with which it will do the work constitute some of the principal advantages which it has over others now in use.

What I claim therefore, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the fingers B, shaft or axle A, earn F, and lever G, these several parts being constructed, arranged, operated, and operating in the manner described, for the purpose specified.

LEVI S. DEM ING.

Witnesses:

EDWARD H. BLiss, JEREMY W. Buss.. 

